Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-11
A DEMOCRATIC SURPLUS.
Says the New York Times:


1t is an interesting fact that in the nine
months ending with March of this year
there entered into actual current use in the
United States over $85, 100000 of various
kinds of money. By this we do not mean
simply that this amount of money was
added to that already in the country, but
that was the increase in the amount of
money in the hands of the people, not in the
treasury or in the banks. The great body
of 1T was, of course, in use in the payment
of wages and in the making of purchases in
relatively small amounts. No single fact
could give more striking evidence of the in
creased activity within that time in the in
dustry and trade of the country.
The people richer in nine months by
the enormous sum of eighty-fve mil
lions of dollars! Well may the Times
say that "No single fact could give more
striking evidence of the increased ac-
tivity in the trade and industry of the
country, And who have the people to
thank for this vast and rapidly acquired
addition to their wealth? Where is the
gratitude OF the laboring man due for
this needed increase in his material
comforts? What is this benifcent inf1u-
ence abroad in the land? These natu-
raj questions answer themselves. To
each Of them the answer is the same.
This answer is comprised in few words,
but those words are jubilant with good
already accomplished, and are pregnant
with promise for the future. Those
words are, "a Democratic Administra-
tion." 1t is q Democratic Admins
tration whose record is thus bright,
and which is thus beacon
of hope. In the short space
of nine months, Democratic Admins
tration, by its close attention to the
business of the Government; by its
strict administrative financial probity
has placed in the hands and pockets OF
the people free gift of eighty-ive mil.
lions OF dollars. Here is u surplus that
the people can understand. Here is g
surplus that has been created especially
for the people. And it is q Democratic
surplus. 1t is birth of Democratic con.
ception the direct and natural result oi
Democratic methods. This is Nationa
surplus that calls for no explanation by
double-leaded editorials. This is a sur.
plus demanding no high-salaried finan.
ciers to eluc;date it. This is a surplus
that will never be wrangled about on the
floor of Congress. This is a surplus that
will never tempt a political party to
Treasury theft. This is not surplus OF
which the Nation daily hears, but never
sees. This is surplus that, Ike Democ-
racy, its benehcent donor, is actual, real
tangible. 1t is a surplus that jingles
merrily in the national pocket, instead of
burying Itself in dusty Treasury vaults.
1t is a surplus on which falls the
light OF day, and en- which CLEANS
the home comfort of the fireside. 1t is
the surplus of the payroll, OF the counter,
and of the family market. 1t is the sur
plus Of hope and of happiness to those
who live in the sweat of their brows. 1t
is the surplus of individual welfare, and
National prosperity. 1t is a surplus that
is at once a realization and a prediction.
1t is surplus whose jocund jingle makes
merry the present, and pleasant the
future. 1t is a surplus that is National.
1t is a surplus that is Democratic.
And the Nation will see to it that the
golden shower OF Democratic benifcence
is not checked.